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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Sam Jones in Madrid

Spanish singer is first to claim sexual assault by Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo
The unnamed Spanish woman said women working with the opera singer were told: ‘Don’t get in a lift with Plácido Domingo.’ Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

A former colleague of Plácido Domingo has become the first Spanish woman to allege sexual assault by the tenor, claiming his behaviour was so well known in the opera world that the first thing women were told was: “Don’t get in a lift with Plácido Domingo”.

Sexual harassment allegations against the Spanish singer were first reported by the Associated Press almost four years ago, and at least 20 women have so far accused Domingo of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling them in incidents dating back to the 1980s.

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